SHORT-CUT  il 
PHILOSOPHY 


HOME-MADE 

AND 

HAND-TURNED 


ALBERT 
WILLIAAV 
MACY 


SHORT-CUT  PHILOSOPHY 


SHORT-CUT 
PHILOSOPHY 


Home^Mode  and 
Hand'^Turned 

By 

ALBURT  WILLIAM  MACY 

With  lUnstrations  and  Decorations 
By  ROBERT  OASTON  HERBERT 


NEW  YORK 
STURGIS  &  WALTON 
COMPANY 
1909 


Copyright.  1909 
By  STURGIS     WALTON  COMPANY 


Set  up  and  electrotyped.   Published  November, '09 


THE  MASON-HENRY  PRESS 

SYRACUSE  AND  NEW  YORK 


•^Take  the  short  cut ;  and 
that  is  the  natural  one/* 
—Marcus  Aurelius 


To  E.  K.  M. 

Modest  in  prosperity,  braVe  in 
adversity,  philosophical 
in  all  things 


CAUTION  ! 


Some  like  their  philo- 
sophy  in  small  doses» 
sugar-coatedt  and  easily- 
digested.  For  such  this 
book  is  intended.  Others 
prefer  it  in  large  pack- 
age St  voluminously 
wrapped  about  with  pon- 
derous verbiage.  They 
must  look  elsewhere. 


SHORT-CUT  PHILOSOPHY 


1 


PPORTUNITY 

steals  away  on 
velvet  feet. 

^  ^  9 


A  busy  man  is  never  too 
busy  to  tell  you  how 
busy  he  is. 

»  »  * 

There  is  always  room  at 
the  bottom^  or  so  many 
people  wouldn't  go  there. 

♦  ♦  ♦ 

It  is  easy  to  ^^make  fools 
of  ourselves/*  because 
we  always  have  plenty 
of  raw  material  on  hand. 


Si  lARCASM  is  a 
keen  shaft* 
taMM  tipped  with  poi- 
^^^M  son. 

^  ^  ^ 

If  virtue  is  its  own 
rewardt  some  people  will 
go  unrewarded. 

*  *  ^ 

Never  strike  a  man  when 
he  is  down  unless  you 
are  quite  sure  he  is  also 
out. 

$  #  « 

When  duty  points  in  one 
direction  and  pleasure  in 
another*  our  feet  incline 
to  the  rosy  path. 


OPE  for  the  best, 
but  don't  remain 
seated. 

9  »  ^ 

Unconscious  goodness  is 
the  crown  of  human 
excellence. 

^  ^  ^ 

Ability  to  distinguish 
between  essentials  and 
non-essentials  is  a  rare 
gift— it  is  almost  genius. 

»  ^  » 

Nature  has  a  thousand 
secret  charms  at  every 
turn>  but  she  reveals 
them  only  to  the  seeing 
eye  and  the  hearing  ear. 


5 


NYBODY  can 
travel  down  hill. 

^  $  ^ 


No  one  knows 
the  limitations  of  possi- 
bilities. 

^  ^  9 

It  is  not  safe  to  inquire 
too  closely  into  the 
doings  of  our  ancestors. 

^  ^  9 

"A  lucky  man/*  says 
JuvenaL  ^4s  rarer  than 
a  white  crow.**  Yet 
everyone  secretly  hopes 
that  he  will  prove  to  be 
that  lucky  man. 


OOD  taste  is  ad- 
mirable»  but  it  is 
not  genius. 

*  5^  ♦ 

The  ladder  of  fame  often 
rests  on  a  rickety  foun- 
dation. 

^  ^  ^ 

Much  trouble  may  be 
avoided  by  the  simple 
expedient  of  minding 
one*s  own  business. 

^  ^  ^ 

As  a  rule  it  is  not  safe 
to  judge  people  solely  by 
appearances^  but  as  a 
rule  we  do  so  just  the 
same. 


"!^ACTS  are  often 
M       rudely  unmind- 
ta^M^  ful  of  theories. 
1^^^      ^  ^  ^ 

Courtesy  is  a  key  that 
unlocks  many  a  tightly 
closed  doon 

^  ^  ^ 

You  cannot  cure  your 
brother's  faults  by  pro- 
claiming them  to  the 
world. 

*  ^  ^ 

Cvery  man  has  an  inner 
self»  to  which  not  even 
his  most  intimate  friends 
are  admitted. 


8 


A LENT  and 
training  make  a 
good  combina- 
tion. 

9  ^  ^ 

Nothing  requires  more 
patience  than  the  exer- 
cise of  patience. 

^  ^  ^ 

If  we  advertise  ourselves 
as  fools  we  should  not 
be  surprised  when  people 
take  us  at  our  word. 

^  ^  ^ 

Everybody  wants  to  live 
on  Easy  Streets  but  few 
succeed  in  establishing 
a  permanent  residence 
there. 


E  IS  wise  who 
knows  his  own 
limitations. 

*  *  ♦ 

Rectitude  is  not  a  cloak 
to  be  put  on  or  off  at  wilL 

The  selfish  man  deserves 
no  sympathy  when  ad- 
versity overtakes  him. 
^  ^  ^ 

To  study  the  past»  to 
utilize  the  present*  to 
prepare  for  the  future; 
that  is  a  man*s  business^ 
and  it  is  enough  to  keep 
him  busy  from  the  cradle 
to  the  grave. 


10 


Goldsmith  Amended 

^^Man  wants  but  little 

here  below/* 
But  this  was  written 

long  ago; 
The  saying  now  has 

little  worth. 
For  in  these  days  man 

wants  the  earth. 


11 


ANATICISM  is 
enthusiasm  gone 
wild. 


^  ^  ^ 


The  waste  of  time  is 
appalling — except  to  the 
wasters. 


Don't  join  the  Don't 
Worry  Club.  You  have 
troubles  enough  already. 


There  is  more  discipline 
in  adversity  than  in 
prosperity,  if  we  have  the 
tact  to  find  it  and  the 
good  sense  to  profit  by 


»  9  ^ 


^  ^  ^ 


it. 


IFTEN  failure  is 
the  advance 
agent  of  success. 

^  »  ^ 

Butter  on  toast  is  deli- 
cious; on  the  carpet  it  is 
exasperating. 

#  »  ^ 

My  neighbor  may  have 
riches  in  abundance*  but 
he  is  no  nearer  the  stars 
than  I  am. 

♦  *  * 

A  truly  independent  man 
will  accept  good  advice 
from  anybody  and  dicta- 
tion from  nobody. 


14 


|OM£  men  make 
rules;  others  are 
made  by  them 

I     ^  9  ^ 


I  can  love  my  neighbor 
without  accepting  his 
opinions. 

^  ^  ^ 

Great  knowledge  without 
ability  to  use  it  is  so 
much  baggage  to  be 
transported. 

w  ^  ^ 

Man  is  a  bundle  of  possi- 
bilitiest  most  of  which 
never  develop  into  any- 
thing important. 


15 


OUTH  has  the  ad- 
vantage of  inex- 
perience. 
^  ^  ^ 

Better  live  up  to  a  good 
reputation  than  have  to 
live  down  a  bad  one. 

9  ^  ^ 

You  may  throw  care  to 
the  windst  but»  like  the 
proverbial  cat,  it  will 
come  back. 

^  9  ^ 

Self-discipline  blunts  the 
edge  of  disappointment, 
and  removes  the  poison 
from  the  sting  of  adver- 
sity. 


16 


17 


HE  streets  of 
Vanity  Fair  are 
always  crowded. 

^  ^  ^ 

A  man  ought  to  be 
through  chasing  rain- 
bows by  the  time  he  is 
forty. 

^  9  ^ 

Adversity  is  one  of  the 
good  things  that  are  best 
appreciated  after  they 
are  past. 

^  ^  ^ 

Persecution  intensifies 
that  against  which  it  is 
directed^  and  thus  con- 
tributes to  its  own  defeat. 


19 


ISDOM  seldom 
comes  at  first 
call. 

^  ^  9 


Every  man  is  the  custo- 
dian of  his  own  dignity. 

^  ^  ^ 

Important  changes  are 
not  necessarily  accom- 
panied by  loud  noises. 

^  9  ^ 

**When  there  is  one  fool 
ready  for  the  occasion/* 
says  Gracian»  *^one  may 
excuse  himself  for  being 
the  second.*'  Too  many 
of  us  are  ready  to  be  the 
first  fool. 


HE  more  law, 
the  more  trans- 
gression* 

»  *  * 

Well-trained  talent  is 
often  more  effective  than 
untrained  genius. 

^  ^  ^ 

Sometimes  we  feel  mutely 
rebellious  we  know  not 
why,  against  we  know 
not  what. 

9  9  9 

Ben  Jonson  ••of  all 
things  loved  to  be  called 
honest/'  and  on  his  tomb 
they  wrote,  ^^O  Rare  Ben 
Jonson." 


OUL  beauty  is 
more  than  skin 
deep. 

*  *  * 

Love  is  said  to  be  blind» 
and  a  look  at  some 
married  couples  con- 
firms it. 

9  9  9 

Children  are  merciless 
in  their  judgments*  and 
utterly  without  discre- 
tion in  expressing  them. 

9  9  9 

While  clothes  do  not 
make  the  man»  they  are 
of  great  assistance  to 
him  in  expressing  him- 
self. 


22 


HARITY  helps  a 
multitude  of  sin- 
ners. 

^  ^  ^ 

No  volume  would  be 
large  enough  to  contain 
all  the  delights  of  child- 
hood. 

It  is  well  for  our  peace 

of  mind  that  we  do  not 

always    recognize  the 

inevitable. 

^  ^  9 

A  true  gentleman  is 
gentlemanly  always^  and 
especially  when  he  might 
be  thought  excusable  for 
not  being  so. 


23 


BSOLUTE  sin- 
cerity  is  rarer 
than  a  day  in 
June. 

^  ^  ^ 

Not  all  capable  men  are 
efficientt  for  some  lack 
discretion. 

Talk  is  cheapo  because 
the  supply  is  always  in 
excess  of  the  demand. 

^  ^  ^ 

He  is  a  wise  man  who» 
having  hit  the  bull's  eye^ 
knows  enough  to  sit 
down  and  wait  his  next 
turn. 


24 


RIEF  are  the 
triumphs  of  as- 
sumed superi* 
ority. 

To-day  only  is  mine;  and 
I  am  not  sure  of  all  of  it 
until  it  is  mine  no  longer. 
^  ^  ^ 

Man  is  distinguished 
from  other  animals  by 
his  propensity  to  carry 
an  umbrella. 

^  ^  9 

Some  people  do  not 
recognize  Opportunity 
when  they  meet  her  on 
the  public  highway  in 
broad  daylight. 


25 


ANY  a  man  has  a 
Paradise  Lost 
behind  him. 

^  ^  ^ 

Anybody  can  make  a 
poor  excuse;  make  a 
good  one  or  none. 

^  *  ^ 

Intense  personality  is  all 
right  if  not  allowed  to 
develop  into  aggressive 
egotism. 

^  9  ^ 

How  can  we  be  expected 
to  correct  our  own  faults 
when  it  takes  so  much  of 
our  time  to  look  after  the 
shortcomings  of  others? 


HE^R£  are  com- 
pensations in 
being  insignifi- 
cant. 


^  ^  $ 

Only  desperate  condi- 
tions justify  taking  des- 
perate chances. 

^  ^  ^ 

^^Wealth/*  says  Oliver 
Wendell  Holmes^  ^'is  a 
steep  hilL  up  which  the 
father  climbs  slowly,  and 
the  son  often  tumbles 
down  precipitately/*  In 
these  days  the  father 
himself  often  takes  the 
tumble  before  the  son 
has  a  chance. 


C  admire:  the 
Ifudgment  of 

those  who  agree 

with  us* 


^^Every  little  helps*'  the 
man  who  doesn't  need  it. 

A  cynic  is  one  to  whom 

the  wine  of  life  tastes 

like  vinegar. 

^  ^  ^ 

Success  of  some  sort  be* 
longs  to  every  man  pro- 
vided he  fights  for  it. 
^  9  ^ 

Judged  by  their  actions^ 
some  grown-up  people 
have  not  advanced  be- 
yond the  mud-pie  stage. 


28 


CongreVe  Jlmended 


Thus  Grief  still  treads 

upon  the  heels  of 

Pleasure; 
Married  in  hastet  we 

may  repent  at  lei* 

sure/* 
A  better  wayt  and  one 

that  saves  much  sor« 

row: 

Repent  to-day;  leave 
marriage  till  to*mor« 
row. 


29 


IHE  fool  and  his 
money  seldom 
get  together 
a^ag  again. 

^  ^  ^ 

Sometimes  one  deter- 
mined man  is  more  terri- 
ble than  an  army  with 
banners. 

^  ^  ^ 

There  is  sweet  satisfac- 
tion in  good  work  accom- 
plished under  adverse 
circumstances. 

^  ^  ^ 

If  more  care  were  taken 
in  adjusting  the  matri- 
monial yoke  there  would 
be  fewer  misfits. 


31 


E  SHOULD  quar. 
rel  with  causes* . 
not  results. 

*  #  * 

It  takes  time  and  persis- 
tent effort  to  uproot  an 
ancient  wrong. 

^  ^  ^ 

Some  men  are  but  sorry 
specimens*  even  after 
civilization  has  done  its 
best  for  them. 

9  ^  ^ 

The  things  we  hope  for 
seldom  appear;  but  there 
are  soothing  compensa- 
tions in  good  things  unex- 
pected. 


RACTICE  does 
not  make  doc- 
tors perfect* 

^  *  ^ 

Without  faith  of  some 
sort  there  is  no  restful- 
ness  in  anything* 

^  *  # 

Most  of  us  think  we 
thinkt  but  that  is  about 
as  far  as  the  process 
goes* 

^  ^  m 

The  wine  of  a  man*s  life 
should  grow  richer  in 
quality  and  more  spark- 
ling in  appearance  with 
advancing  years* 


ITATI  O  NAR  Y 

good  intentions 
avail  nothing. 

*  *  * 

Truth  is  a  slow  travel  en 

but  she  arrives* 

^  ^  ^ 

Much  that  passes  for 
friendship  is  mere  self- 
ishness in  disguise* 
^  *  * 

To  accept  pain  as  a  part 
of  the  human  lot  is  to 
make  it  easier  to  bean 
^  ^ 

Self-satisfied  people  are 
not  pleasant  objects  for 
ordinary  mortals  to  con- 
template* 


34 


EVERY  generation 
has  its  full  quota 
of  dunces. 

*   *  5? 

Much  havoc  is 
wrought  by  wagging 
tongues. 

^  ^  ^ 

It  is  very  pleasant  to 
moralize  for  the  benefit 
of  others. 

»  ^  » 

Men  do  not  regard  a 
cemetery  as  a  cheerful 
place*  but  the  birds  find 
it  so. 

»  ^  ^ 

Many  a  man  has  been 
carried  away  by  visions 
of  wealth  and  had  to 
wsilk  back. 


35 


NSELFISH  think- 
ing  is  very  rare. 

^  ^  $ 

Luxury  is  a  poor 
school  master. 

^  ^  ^ 

It  is  better  to  remain 
silent  than  to  ask  fool 
questions. 

»  $  » 

A  peace*at-any*price 
man  is  not  much  of  a 
factor  in  the  world's 
work. 

*  *  * 

A  man  should  always 
have  enough  of  his  con- 
science with  him  to  con- 
stitute a  quorum. 


36 


MPUDENCE  is 
always  wrong 
and  always  inex- 
cusable. 

^  ^  ^ 

You  may  safely  trust  the 
man  who  loves  truth  for 
its  own  sake. 

^  ^  ^ 

A  man  should  be  con- 
servatively progressive 
and  progressively  con- 
servative. 

^  ^  ^ 

Now  and  then  a  fool  says 
a  good  things  but  more 
frequently  a  good  man 
says  a  fool  thing. 


37 


^  JHE  tiredest  kind 
I     I  of   tiredness  is 
tired    of  being 
tired. 

^  ^  ^ 

Hungry  men  do  not  draw 
nice  distinctions. 

^  ^  ^ 

Some  men  are  too  cheap 
for  even  the  bargain- 
counter. 

^  ^  # 

There  may  be  sentiment 
in  mathematics  if  we 
knew  how  to  get  at  it. 

^  ^  ^ 

Fat  men  are  usually 
good-natured»  but  the  he* 
roic  is  hardly  in  their  line. 


Shakespeare  ^Intended 

^^If  ladies  be  but  young 

and  fain 
They  have  the  gift  to 

know  itr 
Andt  what  is  neither 

strange  nor  rare» 
They're   pretty  sure 

to  show  it. 


39 


{^■"■"^F    a   man  is  in- 
wardly vile  he 
>        I  will  outwardly 
show  it. 

*  *  * 

Culture  cannot  be  an- 
nexed; it  must  be  ab« 
sorbed. 

*  ^ 

It  is  better  to  do  a  little 
thing  right  than  a  great 

thing  wrong. 

^  ^  ^ 

If  a  man's  knowledge  is 
wide  but  not  deep»  he  is 
superficial;  if  it  is  deep 
but  not  wide»  he  is  a  spe- 
cialist; if  it  is  both  wide 
and  deept  he  is  truly 
learned. 


41 


1^1 


11  C  H  E:  S  have 
wings,  but  they 
fly  away  and  not 

back« 

^  ^  ^ 

To-day  we  laugh  merrily 
with  the  Jester;  to-mor- 
row we  stand  by  an  open 
grave, 

^  ♦  * 

Friendship  that  demands 
the  sacrifice  of  good 
sense  is  unworthy  of  the 
name. 

*  *  * 

He  who  trusts  too  much 
in  probabilities  will  soon 
be  staking  sill  on  possi- 
bilities. 


42 


AMELESS  fears 
are  very  distress- 
ing. 

*  *  * 


Earthly  titles  do  not  add 
to  virtue. 

*  ^  ^ 

Do  not  borrow  trouble. 
You  will  have  enough  of 

your  own. 

^  ^  9 

Poverty  is  a  master  with- 
out mercy»  a  tyrant  with- 
out remorse. 

^  ^  ^ 

Confidence  is  a  tender 
plants  and  a  very  little 
breath  of  suspicion  may 
uproot  it. 


43 


ERY  few  people 
are  acquainted 
with  solitude. 
^  ^  ^ 


Even  good  conversation- 
alists sometimes  overdo 
it. 

^  ^  ^ 

^•Order  is  heaven's  first 
law/*  and  disorder  helPs 
chronic  condition. 

*  *  * 

We  all  know  what  ought 
to  be  done  but  few  dis- 
cern what  can  be  done. 

*  * 

Most  of  us  make  up  our 
minds  and  pronounce 
judgment  before  the  testi- 
mony is  all  in. 


RUTH  is  staler 
than  fiction. 

1^  *  # 

The  ideal  state  of 
society   is  too 
good  for  this  world* 

^  ^  ^ 

An  ounce  of  forethought 
is  worth  several  pounds 
of  subsequent  regret. 

*  ^  * 

He  who  is  expert  in  noth- 
ing must  be  content  to 
line  up  with  the  ignorant. 

^  ^  # 

If  some  men  were  to  give 
the  devil  his  due  there 
would  be  nothing  left  of 
them  worth  mentioning. 


ATURE  displays 
her  beauties 
without  remarks. 
^  ^  ^ 
multitude  of  coun- 
there  is  distrao 


In  a 
selors 
tion. 

Out  of  death  comes  life» 
else  there  would  be  no 
future. 

^  9  ^ 

Half-truths  are  favorite 
weapons  of  unscrupu- 
lous men. 

^  ^  ^ 

Tradition  is  not  binding* 
though  some  people 
would  have  us  think  so. 


46 


B'"'"''"^E    not  discour- 
aged. There  may 
psB^^   be  bigger  fools 
^Sg»   than  you  are 
somewhere  in 
the  wide>  wide  world. 
^  ^  * 

If  rightly  treated^ 
memory  is  a  good  pack- 
horse. 

^  ^  ^ 

A  man's  word  may  be  as 
good  as  his  bond  and  still 
be  worth  very  little. 

^  ^  ^ 

A  confidence  man  is  a 
man  in  whom  you  should 
place  no  confidence. 


47 


H  £  pen  is 
mightier  than 
the  sword,  but 
political  pull  is 
mightier  than 
eithen 

^  #  ^ 

With  three  thousand 
gorgeous  gowns  hanging 
in  her  royal  wardrobe. 
Queen  Elizabeth  issued 
a  solemn  proclamation 
warning  her  subjects 
against  extravagance  in 
dress.  Many  and  rare 
were  the  jewels  in  her 
crown,  but  consistency 
was  not  one  of  them. 


48 


and  Oldj^e  wifedsij^Km  Bieftib 


49 


UACKERY  will 
always  thrive* 
because  a  new 
generation  of 
fools  is  always 
on  deck. 

»  9  » 

Habit  rules  over  a  wide 
empire  with  an  iron 
hand. 

^  ^  ^ 

Most  of  the  wretchedness 
in  this  world  is  un- 
necessary. 

^  ^  ^ 

The  man  who  has  no 
money  can  tell  you  all 
about  how  to  get  rich. 


5t 

UNIVERSITY  OF 
IIUNOIS  UBRAR* 


IHE  Y  who  are  con- 
tent  to  remain 
I  in  the  valley 
will  get  no  views 


from  the  moun- 
tain top. 

*  ^  ^ 

Happiness  often  hides  in 
unexpected  places. 

*  *  ^ 

Genius  is  a  thing  apart. 

^  ^  ^ 

No  amount  of  careful 
training  will  provide  a 
fool  with  brains. 

^  ^  ^ 

Behold  how  pleasant  it  is 
for  brethren  to  find  fault 
with  one  another. 


RUTH  is  stranger 
than  fiction  to 
some  people. 
^  ^  9 

Public  opinion  is  private 
opinion  in  a  state  of 
eruption. 

»  »  ^ 

The  unwritten  law  of 
good  taste  should  be  bind- 
ing on  all  who  admire  it 
in  others. 

^  *  * 

good  name  is  rather 
to  be  chosen  than  great 
riches  — which  seems  to 
indicate  that  the  same  in- 
dividual is  not  entitled  to 
both. 


DiUMB  men  de- 
I  serve  no  credit 
for  keeping  si- 
lent. 

^  ^  ^ 

Few  promises  are  worth 
absolutely  their  full  face 
value. 

^  ^  # 

The  business  of  some 
people  is  to  push  other 
people. 

We  instinctively  question 
the  sincerity  of  ostenta- 
tious grief. 

^  ^  ^ 

The  wrath  of  some  men 
is  as  harmless  as  a 
collision  of  shadows. 


54 


here:  is  an  un- 
deniable  charm 
about  a  lively 
and  picturesque 
liar. 

*  *  * 

Celerity  wins  while 
caution  is  deliberating* 

^  ^  ^ 

Genuine  holiness  does 
not  have  to  be  procledm- 
ed  from  the  housetops. 

.  *  *  ^ 

Why  waste  time  in  quer- 
ulous faultfinding  when 
there  is  so  much  good 
work  to  be  done? 


55 


OTHING  is  more 
certain  than  un- 
certainty. 


*  *  ^ 


A  good  deal  of  love*s 
labor  is  lost  in  the  matri- 
monial shuffle. 


It  is  much  easier  to  find 
the  beginning  of  trouble 
than  the  end  thereof. 

^  ^  # 

Money  makes  the  mare 
go/*  but  it  does  not  sJ- 
ways  make  her  stop. 


Some  people  are  only  too 
willing  to  forget  the  past— 
that  is»  their  own  past. 


^  ^  ^ 


5^    *  * 


S6 


SHORT  plummet 
will  fathom  the 
brain  of  the  man 
who  loves  noto- 
riety. 

^  *  ^ 

One  good  resolution  does 
not  make  a  reformation. 

*  ^  * 

He  is  a  poor  critic  who 
fudges  everything  by  one 
standard. 

^  w  ^ 

Nature  cannot  be  despoil- 
ed with  impunity:  sooner 
or  later  she  will  be 
avenged. 


57 


EVER  put  off  tai 
to-morrow  what 
may  just  as  well 
go  over  till  next 
week. 
^  ^  ^ 

Genuine  good-breeding  is 
ingrained. 

^  ^  ^ 

Boasting  begets  sus- 
picion. It  never  inspires 
confidence. 

Most  of  us  are  looking  for 
an  easy  time»  the  very 
thing  that  would  spoil  us 
for  good  work. 


E  FORM  is  a  medi- 
cine we  prescribe 
for  others. 


^  * 


Too  many  people  are  get- 
ting rich  by  making  other 
people  poor. 


^  ^  ^ 

Sweet  are  the  uses  of 
adversity/*  but  the  adver- 
sity itself  is  bitter. 

^  ^  ^ 

Let  us  forget  the  animosi- 
ties and  cultivate  the 
humanities;  for  therein 
lies  the  whole  philosophy 
of  right  living. 


HHE  finger  of  Time 
has  a  mellowing 
touch. 
^  ^ 
Young  men  who 
see  visions  are  the  lead- 
ers of  the  future. 

9  9  9 

The  best  of  us  are  good 
only  in  spots. 

9  9  9 

Unless  hope  is  justified 
by  reason  it  may  lead  us 
far  astray. 

9  9  9 

We  may  learn  wisdom 
from  a  fooL  and»  alas»  we 
may  sometimes  learn 
foolishness  from  a  wise 


man. 


60 


A^'^'^^S  darkness  is  the 
absence  of  lights 
so  death  is  the 
m^PSSI  absence  of  life. 

^  9  ^ 

Some  men's  minds  have 

no  subsoil. 

^  ^  ^ 

Blessed  be  imagination; 
it  has  brought  much 
happiness  into  the  world. 

^  ^  ^ 

The  higher  forms  of 
artistic  pleasure  may  not 
be  confined  to  the  human 
family.  Ornithologists 
suspect  there  are  musical 
jealousies  among  the 
birds. 


ERHAPS  your 
road  to  happi* 
ness  lies  in  doing 
little  things  well. 


^  ^  ^ 

Nature  knows  exactly 
how  to  mix  her  colors. 

^  *  * 

Repentance  has  an  un- 
fortunate habit  of  arriv- 
ing late. 

^  ^  ^ 

There  should  be  a  higher 
region  in  a  man*s  souL 
into  which  he  may  ascend 
at  times»  and  escape  the 
sordid  things  that  worry 
and  fret. 


62 


HE  dreamers  may 
have  the  best  of 
it  after  alL  They 
live  in  a  world  of 
enchantments 


and  are  not  disturbed  by 
rude  facts.  With  them 
the  ideal  is  the  reah  and 
disappointment  touches 
lightly. 

^  ^  ^ 

Not  everyone  will  agree 
with  Sir  John  Suckling 
that  the  Devil  is  a  gentle* 
man»  but  we  must  all  ad* 
mit  that  he  has  some 
gentlemanly  ways  or  he 
could  not  succeed  sa  well 
in  his  business. 


63 


OME  never  fail 
because  they 
never  attempt. 

^  ^  9 

Silence  is  a  safe  refuge 
if  sought  soon  enough. 
^  ^  ^ 

Self-denial  is  not  a  pala- 
table food  but  it  is  very 
nourishing. 

^  ^  ^ 

A  man  may  be  own 
brother  to  a  king  and  yet 
be  far  from  real  majesty. 

With  the  blunders  of  the 
past  we  may  build  up  a 
wall  of  defense  for  the 
future. 


S'^^'^^OME  people  are 
constantly  being 
MMMg  led  captive  by 
wMPSl  their  imagina*- 
tions. 

^  ^  $ 

Unearned  prosperity  is  a 
dangerous  heritage. 

^  ^  ^ 

Success  hides  many  im* 
perfections^  and  often 
covers  a  multitude  of 
sins. 

#  *  * 

Theory  and  practice  seem 
to  bear  no  relation  to 
each  other  in  some  men's 
minds. 


T  is  a  fine  thing 
for  a  man  to  have 
possession  of 
himself. 

*  *  * 

If  nobody  should  tolh  ex* 
cept  when  absolutely 
necessary^  the  silence 
would  be  oppressive. 

#  ^  ^ 

Men  choose  unwisely 
and  execute  poorly»  and 
then  rail  at  what  they 
cadi  their  ill-fortune. 

^  ^  ^ 

"They  edso  serve  who 
only  stand  and  wait/* 
This»  however^  does  not 
apply  to  office-seekers. 


66 


H£  fact  that  some 
people  have  no« 
thing  to  say  does 
not  prevent  them 
from  talking. 

»  ^  ^ 

Aspiring  mediocrity  does 
not  appreciate  original- 
ity. 

^  9  ^ 

Unless  we  learn  to  limit 
our  desirest  discontent 
will  gain  the  mastery. 

*  ♦  ^ 

Liberty  of  speech  does 
not  imply  privilege  to 
slander  your  neighbor. 


67 


NEXPECTED 
pleasures  are 
freest  from  alloy. 

^  ^  ^ 

Skill  begets  confidence* 
and  confidence  in  turn 
increases  skilL 
^  ^  ^ 

Too  many  people  insist 
on  measuring  the  happi* 
ness  of  this  world  in 
their  own  pint  pots. 

^  ^  ^ 

It  does  not  seem  unrea- 
sonable to  demand  that 
writers  of  historical  fic- 
tion shall  know  some- 
thing about  history. 


68 


to  him  vlio  Wjui'thti>i/ii 
btttemei!fl 


69 


^     lATURE  is  a  de- 
jV|     lightful  compan* 
^^Mg  ion  for  those  who 
wS^PSl  are  in  love  with 
her. 

No  idler  will  discover 
the  philosopher's  stone. 

9  9  9 

Genius  throws  a  glory 
round  the  commonplace* 
and  makes  it  seem  almost 
sublime. 

9  9  9 

Many  a  day  that  broke 
with  stormy  clouds  and 
rolling  thunder  disap- 
peared at  last  behind  a 
smiling  sunset. 


71 


S'''""'''^OME  so-called 
history  is  an  in- 
accurate  record 
S^^ffl   of  what  did  not 
happen. 

^  *  ^ 

No  one  but  a  genius  can 
afford  to  waste  time. 

»  ^  ^ 

Virtue  is  satisfied  with 
liberty;  vice  demands 
license. 

*  »  ^ 

Our  secret  thoughts  are 
the  only  index  to  our  true 
character;  hence  no  one 
really  knows  us. 


NLIKE  wine. 
T  T     politicians  sel- 
dom  improve 
with  age. 

^  ^  ^ 

If  to  do  our  duty  is  to  be 
eccentric^  let  us  be  eccen- 
tric. 

^  ^  ^ 

There  is  a  wide  difference 
between  conversation 
and  mere  talk.  Conver- 
sation is  a  thing  of  value. 

^  ^  9 

Surely  in  vain  is  the  net 
spread  in  the  sight  of  any 
bird;**  but  man  walks 
right  into  trouble  with  his 
eyes  wide  open. 


|F  everything 
were  always  in 
its  proper  place 
this  would  be  a 
dreadfully  mo- 
notonous world. 

^  ^  ^ 

A  cock-sure  man  is  al- 
ways tiresome* 

^  ^  ^ 

Royalty  is  excusable  if  it 
makes  itself  useful. 

*  *  ^ 

Unorganized  good  makes 

poor  headway  ageunst  or- 

ganized  evil. 

^  ^  ^ 

If  no  one  loved  flattery 
there  would  be  no  oc- 
casion for  flatterers. 


74 


Dry  den  Amended 

Happy    the  man»  and 

happy  he  alone» 
He  who  can  call  today 

his  own/* 
But  by  the  time  he  gets 

his  title  to  it» 
•Tis  out  of  date ;  next  day 

he  must  renew  it. 


75 


IRUTH  often 
stings»  but  the 
pain  is  whole- 
some. 
»  ^  » 

Theories  have  their  uses» 
but  net  results  count. 
9  ^  ^ 

Those  most  deserving  of 
praise  care  least  about  it. 
9  9  9 

Something  more  than 
cold  sagacity  is  neces- 
sary in  literary  criticism. 

9  9  9 

It  is  a  long  way  from  bar- 
barism to  civilization^ 
but  only  a  step  from 
civilization  back  into 
barbarism. 


fT 


A SPECIALLY 
good  dresser  is 
not  apt  to  be 
specially  good  at 
anything  else. 
^  ^  ^ 

Backbiters  regard  them- 
selves as  friendly  critics. 
^  ^  ^ 

Flattery  will  not  enter  a 
man^s  head  unless  it  finds 
a  soft  spot. 

^  ^  ^ 

It  is  not  soothing  to 
human  vanity  that  in  pro- 
portion to  their  size  bees 
and  ants  have  a  great 
deal  more  sense  than  men 
have. 


78 


79 


Ti  ^  "^HE  best  way  to 
improve  your 
iM^Mg  time  is  to  use 
^^^^  it  in  improving 
yourself. 

9  9  9 

Short  prayers  have  the 
longest  reach. 

9  9  9 

The  man  behind  the 
wheel  of  fortune  takes  no 
chances. 

9  9  9 

Any  man  not  dumb  can 
talkt  but  few  can  talk 
convincingly. 

9  9  9 

If  we  eat  more  than  we 
can  digest  it  is  not  fair  to 
put  the  blame  on  Provi- 
dence. 


81 


HERE  is  enough 
real  work  to  be 
done  without 
fighting  imagin- 
ary devils. 

^  ^  ^ 

A  bad  reputation  is  a 
good  thing  to  lose. 

^  ^  ^ 

Inferences  are  danger- 
ous. They  should  be 
drawn  with  great  care. 

*  1^  # 

Many  a  man  has  started 
on  the  road  to  fortune  by 
being  pertinent  to  the 
occasion. 


OME  people  fool 
us  by  telling  the 
truth  occasion^ 
ally. 

^  ^  ^ 

The  highway  of  right- 
eousness is  not  crowded 
with  travelers. 

^  ^  # 

Many  a  man  who  regards 
himself  as  a  wise  critic  is 
merely  an  ordinary  fault- 
f  nder. 

^  »  ^ 

Culture  is  a  plant  of  slow 
growtht  It  requires  rich 
soil  and  abundance  of 
sunshine. 


EGLECT  is  a 
killing  frost. 
^  ^  9 

Few  know  the 


secret  of  getting  pleasure 
out  of  unpleasant  things. 

^  ^  ^ 

The  best  way  to  circum- 
vent the  law  is  to  obey  it. 
*  ^  «t 

•^It  is  never  too  late  to 
mend/*  but  sometimes  it 
isn*t  worth  while. 

^  ^  ^ 

There  are  other  ways  of 
getting  a  broad  view  of 
things  besides  going  up  in 
a  balloon. 


84 


Shakespeare  Amended 


Love  looks  not  with  the 
eyes»  but  with  the 
minds 

So  is   wing'd  Cupid 

painted  blind/* 
Great  pity  *tis;   if  he 

could  only  see» 
The  world  would  hold 

far  less  of  misery. 


85 


ONSEQUENCES 
are  not  neces- 
sarily punish- 
ments. 


^  *  * 


A  lukewarm  reformer  is 
an  impossibility. 


There  are  no  vacations 
and  no  holidays  in  the 
school  of  experience. 


If  a  man  is  insipid  with- 
out being  affected^  we 
can  excuse  him;  if  he  is 
affected  without  being 
insipid^  we  can  endure 
him ;  but  if  he  is  both  in- 
sipid and  affected^  his 
case  is  hopeless. 


^  ^  ^ 


^  ^  ^ 


87 


A*  IBILITY  to  use  his 
knowledge  is  the 
I^^Mri   true  measure  of 
ai^^      man*s  powen 
#  ^  ^ 

Devils  once  loosed  are 
not  easily  bound  again. 
9  ♦  ^ 

^^All  things  come  round 
to  him  who  waits**  includ* 
ing  trouble. 

^  ^  » 

You  cannot  fool  Nature. 
To  attempt  to  do  so  is  a 
sheer  waste  of  time. 
9  ^  ^ 

A  little  authority  and 
less  sense  make  an  un- 
fortunate combination. 


68 


Tennyson  Amended 

••However  it  be»  it  seems 
to  me 

*Tis  only  noble  to  be 

good/' 
If  this  is  true»  how  very 

few 

Care  to  be  noble  if  they 
could. 


89 


A  Uving^Lodi*  better 
d\aa  o^ad  Lion 


91 


H£  man  of  one 
idea  has  his  pro- 
per place  if  the 
idea  is  a  good 
one. 

^  ^  ^ 

Work  that  counts  has  the 
seal  of  earnestness. 

9  ^  ^ 

Dignity  commands 
respect*  but  haughtiness 
excites  antagonism. 

••Better  late  than  never/* 
says  the  old  proverb*  but 
the  man  who  has  fust 
missed  his  train  does  not 
think  so. 


93 


AILURE  is  al. 
ways  ready  with 
an  excuse.  Suc- 
cess needs  none. 
^  ^  $ 

No  one  ever  became 
learned  by  looking  wise. 
9  ^  ^ 

Sometimes  there  is  great 
strength  in  mere  quiet- 
ness 

9  ^  # 

The  prophet  who  really 
has  a  message  is  bound 
to  be  heard. 

^  ^  ^ 

He  who  harbors  enmity 
in  his  bosom  does  not 
call  it  by  that  name. 


Si  lENECA'S  rule  of 
conduct  can 
hardly  be  im- 
^I^Plil  proved  upon:  In 
^""■""^■^  prosperity^  tem- 
perance; in  adversity, 
patience. 

^  ^  ^ 

Even  geniuses  some* 
times  do  commonplace 
things. 

'#    ^  5^ 

The  sweet  and  the  bitter 
are  hopelessly  mixed  in 
this  life.  The  v^ise  man 
accepts  the  one  with  glad- 
ness and  bears  the  other 
with  fortitude. 


Ti"""""""^!!!^  people  who 
really  love  their 
taMMg   enemies  would 
not  make  a  for- 
^■■■■■'■■^  midable  army* 
^  ^  ^ 

Men's  brains  often  suffer 
for  lack  of  exercise. 

^  ^  ^ 

SocieJ  complexities  lead 
to  unsocial  perplexities. 
^  9  ^ 

Things  which  need  re- 
forming require  heroic 

treatment. 

^  »  ^ 

About  the  saddest  chap- 
ter in  any  man's  life  is 
the  one  devoted  to  Lost 
Opportunities. 


96 


T  is  a  man's  duty, 
as  he  grows 
oldert  to  cut 
away  the  under* 
brush  of  his 
younger  years,  and  give 
more  important  things  a 
chance  to  grow. 

^  ^  ^ 

Paganism  does  not  con- 
cern itself  about  ortho- 
doxy, nor  does  orthodoxy 
worry  very  much  about 
paganism. 

^  ^  ^ 

The  in  discriminating 
public  accepts  what  is 
offered,  and  spends  its 
money  for  that  wliich  is 
not  bread. 


97 


I*"^""^  T  is  the  privilege 
of  every  man  to 
make  his  own 
hell. 

^  ^  $ 

One*s  fool  friends  always 
turn  up  at  the  wrong 
time. 

#  ^  5* 

Perhaps  you  can  con- 
tribute to  the  general  wel- 
fare by  talking  less. 

^  ^  ^ 

In  contending  for  the 
truth,  take  care  that  you 
do  not  lose  sight  of  the 
truth. 


98 


Emerson  Amended 


'•Go  where  he  wilL  the 

wise  man  is  at  home; 
His  hearth  the  earth, 

his  hall  the  azure 

dome/* 
Likewise  the  fooh  to 

earth,  and  sea,  and 

air 

Adapts  himself;  we  find 
him  everywhere. 


99 


OST  people  are 
slaves  to  opinion 
and  do  not  know 
it. 

^  ^  ^ 


Self  sacrificing  service  is 
the  best  test  of  f riendship« 

^  ^  ^ 

Knowledge  should  be  a 
door  for  wisdom  to  enter. 

^  ^  ^ 

Hogs  and  some  men 
never  look  higher  than 
their  heads. 

^  ^  ^ 

Give  some  poor  man  a 
kindly  greeting  to-day.  It 
will  cost  you  nothing, 
and  he  may  treasure  the 
memory  of  it  for  years. 


101 


REARING  a  pre- 
cedent  does  not 
always   do  irre- 
parable damage. 
^  * 

Marriage  has  extinguish- 
ed many  pretty  illusions. 

^  ^  ^ 

Childish  innocence  has 
the  purity  of  the  rose  and 
the  wholesomeness  of  the 
sunshine. 

^  ^  ^ 

It  is  an  easy  matter  to 
^^make  fools  of  ourselves** 
because  we  always  have 
plenty  of  raw  material  on 
hand. 


|H£  score  is  not 
complete  until 
the  game  is 
ended. 


^  ^  ^ 

An  able  liar  is  one  who 
is  able  to  lie  out  of  his  lies. 

^  ^  ^ 

Every  man  has  a  right  to 
his  own  opinion  provided 
he  keeps  it  to  himself. 

^  ^  ^ 

Scientists  vivisect  the 
present  for  the  sake  of 
the  future*  and  historians 
hold  post-mortems  on  the 
past  for  the  sake  of  the 
present. 


dx 


TRANGE,  but 
people  expect 
you  to  give  your 
word  and  keep 
it  too. 

*  *  ^ 

^^Dead  men  tell  no  tales." 
It  is  unfortunate  the  same 
thing  cannot  be  said  of 
some  living  authors. 

^  $  ^ 

Emerson  discourses 
wisely  concerning  **the 
game  of  thought  but  this 
is  a  game  few  people  play 
at. 


104 


Resurgent 

O  fragrant  roses  bloom* 
ing  at  my  doon 

Your  beauty,  crimson- 
crowned,  will  vanish 
soon. 

And  from  your  chalice 
we  will  drink  no  more 

Ambrosial  nectar  from 
the  heart  of  June. 

But  life  from  death 
must  ever  spring 
anew. 

And  Beauty,  though  it 
fade  from  mortal 
eyes. 

Will  burst  resplendent 
on  the  heavenly  view 

When  roses  bloom 
again  in  Paradise. 


105 


